CHAPTER I. 
THE COLLECTION OF THE MEASUREMENTS. 
In collecting anthropometrical measurements on a large 
scale, a systematic working-plan is evidently of much impor- 
tance. Many things should be borne in mind in making such 
aplan. The school routine should be disturbed as little as 
possible; the directions to the measurers should be compre- 
hensive and clear; the apparatus employed should be simple; 
the measurements should be made during a few months only 
and in the same season of the year, for the weight of clothing 
and even the rate of growth differs at different seasons, and 
measurements collected partly in one season and partly in an- 
other cannot be so suitable for comparison as those collected 
only in the winter or only in the summer; the order in which 
the schools are visited should be governed by their situation, so 
that no time may be spent unnecessarily in going and coming ; 
and much care should be taken to collect sufficient data con- 
cerning the social condition and the nationality of parents. 
In short, the construction of a serviceable working-plan for 
anthropometrical measurements of great numbers of children 
is a difficult task, and it is to be regretted that the literature 
is all but barren of suggestions as to the best method of 
collecting such material. It is hoped for this reason that a 
description of the methods used in this investigation may be 
not without value. 
The data collected are mentioned in Form A., one of four 
‘* forms’? employed in this investigation. 
MALE. 
Please Write with Ink. 
See HHH ETERS HSE THEMES EPH ee HSER SDE OeE De DEES 
SOSH HH SHSH OE SHEESH T SS EES SHHHHTE SE SESS HHO DERSee tes 
fee Ce is el 
Pince Of Dirthiivs sv eccavsvivenvcivsce , 
Age at nearest birthday 
SPP ST eT 
POP CEH Hee eH Bee Peet es Bee ene 
SOE CODE CAFES Se 68 C6 CESK EES OEE Obs 60 Oe. 6 Oe ee OR 
